#8A65BE#8A65BE

#8A65BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.136 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A65BE
RGB	rgb(138, 101, 190)
HSL	hsl(265, 41%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(265, 47%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 46.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.01, 33.36, -41.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.01, 53.23, 308.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% 0.0713 -0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.136 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4271, 18.4283, 50.9753)
Luminance	0.1843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A65BE #99BE65

analogous

#656DBE #8A65BE #B765BE

triadic

#8A65BE #BE8A65 #65BE8A

tetradic

#8A65BE #BE656D #99BE65 #65BEB7

square

#8A65BE #BE656D #99BE65 #65BEB7

split-complementary

#8A65BE #BEB765 #6DBE65

monochromatic

#4F3277 #6B44A2 #8A65BE #AB90D0 #CBBBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#8A65BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#8A65BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A65BE

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A65BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A65BE	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B76C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5477BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#807588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a65be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 101, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.136 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae91d2',
    500: '#8a65be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a65be;
$custom-light: #ae91d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a65be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.944,
    "s": 40.639,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58269,
    "c": 0.1364,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A65BE

secondary

#C2D1AD

accent

#D0579E

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F5F1F9

border

#CFCBD2

text

#100D14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A65BE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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